Galatians 1:13-15

13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in Judaism, how that beyond measure I was persecuting and destroying the church of God

14 And profited in Judaism above many of my equals in my own nation, being exceedingly more zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called [me] by his grace,